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Senior Research Associate

University of Bristol - Clinical Epidemiology and Public Health

Location: Bristol
Salary: £40,745 to £45,737 per annum, Grade/Pathway: J/2(b)
Hours: Full Time
Contract Type: Fixed-Term/Contract
Placed On: 30th March 2023
Closes: 20th April 2023
Job Ref: ACAD106762

The role

A full-time post with funding for 2.5 years for a role guiding the development, and feasibility testing of, novel interventions to treat people with various psychopathologies, including eating, mood and anxiety disorders.

What will you be doing?

Work within the NIHR BRC Bristol with Dr Helen Bould, Dr Angela Attwood and Prof Ian Penton-Voak as well as other members of the multidisciplinary collaborative team including patient and clinician groups, colleagues from the University of York involved in the Age of Wonder Cohort, and industry partners Virtual Bodyworks, to help plan and develop interventions outlined in our BRC objectives. These include:

  • choice architecture interventions for eating disorders.
  • a range of new VR-based interventions for eating disorders.
  • digital behavioural tasks assessing and modifying cognitive/psychological mechanisms underlying eating disorders, mood, or anxiety disorders through fast-fail studies in general population samples.

Activities will include planning, co-producing and iteratively developing novel interventions to treat eating and mood disorders, as well as analysing quantitative and qualitative data, writing papers, and presenting the work. Some supervision of related research within a large research group will also be required.

You should apply if

  • You have an in-depth understanding of behavioural & psychological science with a PhD, or equivalent
  • You have experience in mixed-methods research and a willingness to learn new skills around intervention development and quantitative data management.

Experience of the following would be an advantage: research relevant to mental health in general and, in particular,  eating disorders writing up research for publication, and working collaboratively with groups from diverse backgrounds.

Additional information

Contract type: Open ended with funding for 2.5 years (from 01/09/23 – 28/02/26) 

Shift pattern: 35h per wek

This advert will close at 23:59 GMT on 20/04/2023

For informal queries” contact: Dr Helen Bould: helen.bould@bris.ac.uk; Prof Ian Penton-Voak: i.s.penton-voak@bristol.ac.uk

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